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Let's get lean.... in 2014

Hi Everyone,

I thought I'd start a new thread for the new year

I'm 41, and currently bouncing in at 18st 2lbs, which, at 5'6" is ridiculous.

I'm aiming to lose 3st by mid April, for a holiday, as a starting target. I have tried as variety of diets before, with SW being the most successful, as its pretty normal eating patterns with no fuss. However, this time I'm going down the calorie counting route as I have a fixed target to hit

So, I'm dropping the excuses, about work and college and family commitments and let's see if I can't drop some lbs instead!

MFP is "my fitness pal" its an app you can download on your phone or computer to track calories. It also has a barcode scanner so you can calorie count on the go too! It can be a really useful tool and it's what i use to track
Oooh sounds good I like looking at the slimming world pages for recipe ideas so you will have to post us some xx

So, have been eating to plan, and have also cutout alcohol since the weekend(will try for 2 weeks). I'm finding spare time now I'm not sitting down with a wine. I'm tidying a drawer a day, which is quite satisfying. Decluttered food, decluttered house...... Yay

Today's menu
Breakfast: almond milk, some stawbs and blueberries in a blender as a smoothie
Lunch: some home made thai chicken soup
Dinner: roast pork belly with sweet potatoes

Was starving after about 9am, but just kept drinking instead. Was not at all hungry after the tasty, if as tad hot, soup. Dinner was tasty too. All low carb, low fat, no processed **** in it. What's not to like?

3lbs down so far. I'm pretty pleased. also because it's friday, i finish work early so i will squeeze in the gym on the way home. nothing major, but a out of puff fast walk on the running machine. better than nothing at all.....